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THIS is a peculiarly constructed book. The author seeks to show how we may economise our expenditure of energy, of which we possess only a limited stock, as a partial solution of the problem ‘How to make the most out of life’; as if a conscientious application of the proverbial injunction ‘to take care of the pence’ were an important secret of happiness. Yet, fundamentally, Dr. Aveling is more concerned with the problem of spending wisely than with the rather negative emphasis on economy and on the avoidance of waste from which he starts.
Directing Mental Energy.
By Dr. Francis Aveling Pp. x + 276. (London: University of London Press, Ltd., 1927.) 8s. 6d. net.
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Directing Mental Energy. Nature 121, 168 (1928). https://doi.org/10.1038/121168b0
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